Ectobius pallidus (Olivier, 1789)
(Tawny Cockroach)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEctobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach)
GenusEctobius (native cockroaches)
FamilyBLATTELLIDAE (a family of cockroaches)
OrderDICTYOPTERA (cockroaches)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach) :
1: Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach)
23 Sep 2013 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, with numerous others, of various ages, under Ivy on garden fence
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach)
23 Sep 2013 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, with numerous others, of various ages, under Ivy on garden fence
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal abominal pit - microscope low magnification - pale background
3: Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach)
23 Sep 2013 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
immature, with numerous others, of various ages, under Ivy on garden fence
Image 1: Immature - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Immature - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)

Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ectobius pallidus (Tawny Cockroach)
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